Daniel Martin wrote: > > On Tue, 25 Nov 1997, Kevin Traas wrote: > > > You might want to look into DialD (Dial-on-Demand). This package > > automatically makes and breaks connections to the Internet as needed. You > > just start up NetScape, etc. and the modem dials... After an inactivity > > timeout, DialD drops the link (to save you money... <grin>...). It's really > > slick and many people use it. > > As an side note, diald isn't always a money-saver; for me, in fact, using > diald (unless I spent large amounts of time redoing the config files) > would be more expensive than pon/poff, since on my local phone bill I pay > a fixed rate per call, and my ISP charges me a flat monthly fee. Having > my connection go up and down frequently could get very expensive.
That's why you should put in 30-minute timeouts (as long as you don't also use the line for a regular phone). -- Jens B. Jorgensen [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
